Comments on: Trolls Are The New Spam http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/computing/social-media/trolls-are-the-new-spam/ The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/computing/social-media/trolls-are-the-new-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-58826 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 21:21:59 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=11667#comment-58826 The law is a blunt instrument and is only really applicable in extreme situations such as that of John Nimmo, Isabella Sorley and Peter Nunn who were prosecuted for sending threatening messages.

Anonymity isn’t a magic bullet either; there are whole classes of people for whom it’s too dangerous to post on sensitive topics under their legal names who would be silenced under a “real names” policy. Persistent psuedonyms which can gather positive reputations can be just as effective.

]]> By: Michael http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/computing/social-media/trolls-are-the-new-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-58824 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:54:05 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=11667#comment-58824 Blocking trolls is not possible while anonymous posting remains possible.

Unless it becomes possible to take serious action for libel (and I think it is liable rather than slander as we are talking of recoded text here) against people trolling is safe and easy.

Do we need a “small libel court” which makes legal action available for smaller amounts at a plausible cost for most people?

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